Stranraer Museum

Stranraer Museum is currently closed for extensive refurbishment. Please visit the museum website for more details

Stranraer's historic Old Town Hall, built in 1776, is the home of Stranraer Museum. Step inside and discover Wigtownshire's fascinating past. See one of Scotland's oldest ploughs, look at Victorian Wigtownshire in 3D photographs and investigate the collection through our museum trails. Plus displays on archaeology, local history, costume, farming and dairying. An exciting and varied temporary exhibition programme runs throughout the year and there are activities for all the family. Groups and schools bookings are always welcome.

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Visitor info

Opening hours

Currently closed for refurbishment

Address

The Old Town Hall, 55 George Street, Stranraer DG9 7JP

Admission

Free

Contact details

Email: anne.ramsbottom@dumgal.gov.uk

Phone: 01776 705088

Website: https://www.dgculture.co.uk/venue/stranraer-museum/

Accessibility

Level access on ground floor. Lift access to the first floor

Getting Here

Objects

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Queen Elizabeth II wall plaque

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Wooden chest presented to Provost Dyer & the Inhabitants of Stranraer

Scotland welcomed refugees from Belgium at the beginning of the First World War in 1914 when Germany

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Handmade button hook

Button hook made from a bullet casing with Royal Coat of Arms soldered on.

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Trenching spade

Trenching spade from World War One. The handle has been sawn off.

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War Service Medal (2)

Gold medal honouring Alexander Chambers of Kirkmaiden Parish, Wigtownshire who was killed in France

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War Workers Badge (1)

Official badge issued to female munition workers during the First World War. This one was worn at t

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War Workers Badge

Official badge issued to male munition workers during the First World War. This example was worn by

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Medal commemorating the sinking of the Lusitania

This medal was issued to commemorate the sinking of the passenger ship the Lusitania. Launched in 1

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War Service Medal (1)

This medal was issued to men and women from Stoneykirk parish, Wigtownshire who had served in the Fi

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War Service Medal

Medal issued to men and women from Stranraer who had served in the First World War. The circular m

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Bronze spearhead, Dunragit

Heavily eroded portion of a bronze spearhead comprising the upper portion of the socket and the lowe

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Bronze spearhead, Mochrum

A leaf-shaped spearhead. The greater part of the blade survives but the tip and socket are absent.

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